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et eres 
ARALIACEZX. XI. Hepera. 
pound; umbellules few-flowered; fruit oblong. 
tive of Singapore. Padnax Heyneàna, Wall. cat. no. 4901. 
Mormoraphis Sumatrana, Jack, mss. 
Jack's Ivy. Tree. 
Cult, All the species of Ivy are of easy culture. The com- 
mon ivy and its varieties only require to have slips of them 
planted where they are intended to remain; or to be grown in 
pots until they are the size required, and then finally planted 
out: the other hardy species should be treated in a similar man- 
ner. The greenhouse and stove kinds will grow in almost any 
kind of soil, but the lighter the better; and cuttings of them 
are easily rooted under a hand-glass. 
XII. PARATRO'PIA (xaparporn, paratrope, a bending or 
crooking ; the petioles are kneed and bent). D.C. prod. 4. p. 
265.—Aralia, sect. 3. Paratrdpia, Blum. bijdr. p. 875. 
Lix. sysr. Penténdria, Monogynia. All as in Aralia or 
Hédera, but differs in the stigmas being sessile, at first approxi- 
mate, and immersed in an epigynous disk.—Shrubs or trees. 
Leaves compound. Flowers panicled or racemose. 
ea. noposa (D.C. prod. 4. p. 265.) stem arboreous ; leaves 
mpari-pinnate : with many pairs of leaflets; leaflets on short 
petioles, crenated, glabrous : lower ones roundish-ovate, the rest 
oblong; panicle terminal, very long. h. S. Native of Java, 
m woods on the mountains in the western provinces, where it 
is called Kilangit. Aradlia noddsa, Blum. l]. c. Common pe- 
tioles 5-6 feet long, bent, articulated when dried. Panicle 4-5 
feet long. Flowers pentandrous. 
Nodose-petioled Paratropia. Tree. 
2 P. PERGAMA`cEA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 266.) stem shrubby, 
parasitical; leaves digitate: leaflets 6-12, oval, acute, rounded 
at the base, in substance like parchment, glabrous; racemes 
crowded, terminal, seurfy ; flowers subfasciculate. h. S. Na- 
tive of Java, on the higher declivities of Mount Gede. Aralia 
pergamacea, Blum. bijdr. 875. 
Parchment-leaved Paratropia. Shrub. 
3 P. ricroa (D.C. 1. c.) stem arborescent ; leaves digitate : 
leaflets 6-12, oblong, acute, bluntish at the base, and acutish at 
the apex, in substance like parchment, glabrous; racemes 
crowded, terminal, divaricate, rather scurfy ; flowers umbellate, 
octandrous. h. S. Native of the western parts of Java, in 
Woods on the mountains, where it is called Songo-Poana. Ara- 
lia rígida, Blum. 1. c. 
ar, B; racemes incurved, densely clothed with scurf. h. 
S, Native of Java, in the province of Bantam, where it is called 
Tulak- Tangol. Blum. I. c. 
Stiff Paratropia. Tree. 
P. roxciròrra (D. C. 1. c.) stem arborescent, scandent ; 
leaves digitate: leaflets 9-11, rather large, oblong, acute, 
rounded at the base, glabrous ; racemes crowded, densely clothed 
With tomentum, terminal, straight; flowers umbellate, with 7-9 
Stamens. h.S. Native of Java, in mountain woods, where it 
Is called, along with many other Araliaceous plants, Aamo-gil- 
mg. Sciodaphyllum longifdlium, Blum. bijdr. p. 876. 
ong-leaved Paratropia. Shrub cl. 
5 P. Cayrons'nsis (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. 
189.) stem arboreous ; leaves on long petioles, digitate : leaflets 
5-9, elliptic, acutish at the base, acuminated at the apex, rather 
coriaceous, glabrous ;` racemes terminal, furfuraceous; flowers 
in fascicles, decandrous ; stigma sessile, 10-cleft. .G. , Na- 
tive of China, about Canton. Aralia octophylla var. Cantonénsis, 
Lour. coch. p- 187. This species comes very near P. pergamacea. 
Canton Paratropia. Tree 10 feet. ; 
Cult. Any light soil will suit the species of Paratròpia ; 
had cuttings of them will be easily rooted under a hand-glass in 
at, 
XII. PARATROPIA. 
bh. S. Na-> 
XIII. Arturoruytrum. HAMAMELIDEZ. 395 
XIII. ARTHROPHY’LLUM (from apðpov, arthron, a joint, 
and ġvààov, phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the jointed petioles). 
Blum. bijdr. p. 878. D. C. prod. 4. p. 266. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monogijnia. Margin of calyx short, 
obsoletely 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 5, alternating with 
the petals. Ovarium 1-ovulate. Style short, or nearly want- 
ing: stigma obtuse. Fruit baccate, crowned, containing a one- 
seeded nucleus. Albumen somewhat corneous. Embryo in- 
verted.— Unarmed Java shrubs. Leaves glabrous, variable, 
usually bipinnate. Umbels petiolar, compound. Perhaps refer- 
rible to the monospermous Araliaceous unarmed genus, incom- 
pletely described in Pet. Th. gen. nov. mad. p. 13. under no. 42. 
1 A. Java’nicum (Blum. l. c.) leaves bipinnate: leaflets 
cuneate-obovate, bluntish at the apex, or the upper leaflets are 
rounded and coriaceous. h. S. Native of Java, in mountain 
woods at Parang. 
Java Arthrophyllum. Shrub or tree. 
2 A. DIVERSIFÒLIUM (Blum. 1. c.) leaves impari-pinnate, ter- 
nate or bipinnate ; leaflets oblong, somewhat acuminated, oblique 
at the base, membranous. kh. S. Native of Java, in woods, 
on Mount Salak. 
Diverse-leaved Arthrophyllum. Tree. 
3 A. eLtipticum (Blum. 1. c.) leaves bipinnate: leaflets ellip- 
tic-oblong, acute, oblique at the base, coriaceous. h.S. Native 
of Java, in mountain woods. 
L£lliptic-leafletted Arthrophyllum, Shrub or tree. 
Cult. See Paratròpia above for culture and propagation. 
Orper CXXV. HAMAMELI'DEZ (plants agreeing with 
Hamamélis in important characters). R.Br. descr. pl. chin. 
1818. p.3. Adr. Juss. dict. class 8. p. 28. Sweet. hort. brit. 
871. D.C. prod. 4. p. 267.—Pet. Th. veg. afr. austr. ed. 2. p. 31. 
Tube of calyx adhering to the ovarium more or less, 4-lobed 
(f. 69. a. g.) or repandly toothed. Petals 4 (f. 69. e. i.) linear, 
elongated, inserted in the calyx, alternating with the calycine 
lobes, involutely yalvate in æstivation : Aarely wanting, but 
probably sometimes changed into stamina. Stamens inserted 
with the petals, and double their number (f. 69. b.); those al- 
ternating with the petals are fertile, and those opposite the petals 
are sterile and destitute of anthers (f. 69. g.); filaments all short. 
Fertile anthers inserted by the base, 2-celled, dehiscing in va- 
rious ways. Ovarium adnate at the base, 2-celled: cells 1- 
seeded ; ovula pendulous. Styles 2 (f. 69. l), very rarely 3. 
Capsule adnate at the base to the permanent tube of the calyx, 
2-celled, 2-valved ; valves bifid at the apex. Seed pendulous, 
with a superior hylum. Albumen corneous. Embryo straight, 
slender, with a superior radicle ; and foliaceous flat cotyledons, or 
having their margins rather involute.—Shrubs. Leaves alternate, 
bistipulate, petiolate, feather-nerved, entire or sinuately toothed. 
Flowers axillary, nearly sessile, in fascicles, usually bracteate, 
sometimes dioecious or polygamous, 
Many of the genera of this order were formerly placed among 
the Berberidee@ and Amementacee, but were constituted a dis- 
tinct order by R. Brown in 1818; but the place which it should 
hold in the natural system is still doubtful. According to R. 
Brown, it is intermediate between Bruniacee and Márlea*, (a 
genus which should have been placed in Alangiéa, vol. ii. p. 806. 
But according to Pet. Thouars, it comes nearest to Rhdmnee, 
and according to Juss. to Haloragite. But afterwards it was 
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